Manicurist&#39;s buffer



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M. E. M AULIFFE MANICURIST'S} BUFFER Filed April 24,, 1922 6 I77 vfiiiloif iiiargarefljk aulrfi,

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Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES;

TET OFFICE.

MANIGUBISTS BUFFER.

Application filed April 24, Serial No. 556,186.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARGARET E. MOAU- LIFFE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manicurists Buffers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of toilet articles known as buffers and com monly used in manicuring.

Objects of the invention are to facilitate the application of new bufling sheets to devices of this kind, to hold the bufling sheet securely upon the bottom plate independently of the clamping action of the cover plate, to permit the taking up of looseness or slack in the buffing sheet, and in general to improve and render more practical and satisfactory devices of this kind.

The genus of the invention is illustrated in the concrete embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the base;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse central section;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a modification.

The embodiment of the invention shown for the purpose of illustration comprises a. buffer having a base A, a cover plate B, and a handle C, these parts being of usual shape and design. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the base A comprises a bottom plate 5 preferably of wood substantially elliptical in form as shown in plan view and slightly curved as shown in elevation. The upper surface may be slightly dished as indicated. at 6 in Fig. 3 providing the marginal flange 6 Upon the lower base of bottom plate 5 is applied a mass of padding 7 to provide the cushioned surface upon the: lower side thereof and to give the buffer the desired shape. This padding is held in place by a cover 8 of the fabric or other suitable material which is glued or otherwise made fast to the side edges of the bottom plate 5 and the marginal portion of the top thereof, the cover being slitted at the ends as indicated at 8 to make a smooth fit. Over the fabric cover 8 is stretched the bufi'ing sheet 9 of any desired material, usually soft leather such as chamois. While this buffing sheet is ordinarily held in place by the clamplng action of cover B or by a strap or band extending around the base member A, I prefer to attach it securely to the upper face of bottom plate 5. The means for re movably attaching the sheet may take the form of av plurality of spaced points 10 pr jecting preferably with an inward incli- To fasten the cover plate B in place a threaded bolt or post 12 is made fast in any suitable manner to project perpendicularly from the upper face of bottom plate 5. This bolt may be firmly secured by means of a nut 13 countersunk in the top of plate 5 as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. Cover plate B is provided with an opening 13 through which post 12 is adapted to pass and has a wear member or washer 14: of fibre or other suitable material fast thereon adjacent opening 13. Handle C is provided with a threaded socket member 15 fast in a suitable recess so that by rotating member C with socket 15 in engagement with post 12 handle C will be screwed down upon wear member 14 to clamp cover member B securely in place upon base A. To provide clearance for the projecting points 10 cover member B is preferably provided with a suitably disposed groove 16 into which points 10 may project.

The modification shown in Fig. 4: is similar in all respects to the form shown in the other figures with the exception that the dishing of the top of the bottom plate 5, indicated at 6 is made sufiiciently deep to make a groove in the cover plate B unnecessary in providing clearance for the pro jecting points 10.

From the above it will be clear that the provision of the inwardly disposed points 10 upon the upper face of the bottom plate B permits the ready removal of a worn or otherwise objectionable bufling sheet and the convenient application of a new one. If the buffing sheet under use becomes stretched and loose upon the base member A this looseness or slackness may be readily taken up by pulling upon the marginal portlons of the bufiing sheet upon one side and forcing pins 10 upon that side through new openings in the sheet. Inward disposition of the points 10 insures the secure retention of the buffing sheet upon the base member A once it is applied so that if the cover plate accidentally becomes loosened and no longer'produces a clamping elfect upon the sheet, the latter can not become loosened or displaced.

I claim:

1. A buifer having a base the central part of which is confined substantially to the level of the margin thereof, pins embedded in the marginal part of the base and having pointed ends inclined inwardly on the upper side thereof for anchoring the margins of a bufling sheet, a cover shaped to seat on said sheet on the outside of said pointed ends,

and means for detachably securing the cover to the base.

- 2. A buffer having a base, generally elliptical in plan, the upper face of said base being dished, pins extending obliquely up through the marginal portion of said base with the points thereof extending into the dished portion of the face, a bufi ing sheet extending about said base having its marginal portions within the dished part of said base and impaled upon said points, and a cover fitting over the top of said base and adapted to be secured thereon.

3. Arbufler having a base comprising a longitudinally curved bottom plate, padding on the lower side of said plate, a row of spaced pins extending entirely around the upper face of said plate adjacent to the edge thereof, said pins passing through the substance of said plate from the lateral surface thereof and being inwardly inclined, the upper'ends of said pins being pointed and projecting above the upper surface of the plate, a bufling sheet extending about said base and having its marginal portions impaled upon said points, a cover plate shaped to fit over said bottom plate, said cover plate having a groove in its under surface adapted to provide clearance for said row of pin points, and means for retaining said cover plate upon the base including a threaded post fast on said bottom plate and extending through a hole in said cover plate, and a handle adapted for threaded engagement with said post whereby to clamp the cover and bottom plates together.

4. Abufier comprising a bottom plate of generally elliptical form having an -up standing marginal flange :dl? its upper side, cushioning means secured to the under surface of said plate, a series of pins projecting inwardly from the lateral surface of said plate into the space defined by said marginal flange, the inner ends of said pins being adapted to have the edge portion of a sheet of buffing material impaled thereon, and a cover member engageable With said buffing material for clamping the latter against the marginal flange of the bottom plate. I

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 20th day of April, 1922.

MARGARET E. MOAULIFFE. 

